Social evolution theory: A review of methods and approaches

Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 132-158

  Wenseleers, Tom ^a   Gardner, Andy ^b   Foster, Kevin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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